Matt

Matt sighting in his bow for the hunting season.

Matt’s experience with weapons and personal protection began at a very young age while growing up in the small Village of Cayuga, NY. He started honing his skills with BB/pellet guns/pistols, re-curve bows and arrows, blowguns, knives, hatchets, machetes, sling shots and even spears while frog gigging.

Fun Fact: One of his dates with his wife Kristy was gigging frogs.

Experiences and Positions

United States Army Veteran

New York State Law Enforcement Officer with multiple departments

NY Law Enforcement Instructor teaching at LE academies for new recruits and providing annual in-service training for currently sworn officers

Matt wrestled in high school and took years of martial arts classes in his youth and early adulthood. He learned how to use his body and weapons to defend against guns, throwing stars, tomahawks, knives, swords, the Bo staff, Kama, Sais and Nunchakus. He organized and participated in BB-gun, laser tag and paint ball competitions quite frequently over many years. Over the years he expanded his skills using a variety of pistols, rifles, shotguns, flintlock and percussion cap guns, crossbows and compound bows while target shooting and hunting small and large game. Being an avid bow, shotgun and rifle hunter and bow fisherman just furthered his skills as a well rounded and proficient sportsman.

While in the United States Army Matt qualified as expert with the hand grenade and continually re-qualified expert with the M16A2 rifle. This earned him the Army Marksmanship Qualification Badge for Rifle and Grenade. Matt had hand to hand combat training part of which was with a bayonet and he went through a tear gas chamber with and without an M40 Field Protective Mask. He was his Unit Armorer in charge of the management, maintenance and control of over 400 weapons. Over his years in the military he maintained and shot a variety of weapons to include the M16A2 5.56x45mm rifle, M203 40x46mm grenade launcher, M60 7.62x51mm machine gun, Beretta M9 9x19mm pistol and Hand Grenades.

Matt’s Law Enforcement career includes many hours of classroom time with training on the law, training on handcuffs, OC (pepper spray) and hands on experience with situations that called for him to put that training to use on many occasions. To further his experience and fill the never ending desire for learning, Matt has taken many firearms, emergency services and survival courses from SEMO, FEMA and many other notable organizations.

A God loving and fearing family man who believes in the right to protect yourself and your family by whatever means necessary. To include survival and firearms training Matt also owns and runs two other companies: www.MalloryMarket.com, a farm with award winning honey, chickens, worms and Maple Syrup and www.MfactorTEC.com, a tech company providing electronics sales and service such as computers, networking and website hosting and design.